mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog, is being written by Cathy while Kirk and His Missus are out and about.
The "Gateway to Tierrasanta" mall at the exit of Santo Road at the 52 has about 20 storefronts which are constantly changing, along with a Veterinary office, Post Office and fuel station.
The southernmost 'anchor' building used to be a small grocer which had a small restaurant connected. Now, the grocery building is another location of Keg 'n Barrel, a beer and liquor store. The restaurant is walled off and a separate business, Sangucheria PSF (Peruvian Street Food), which opened in January 2022. Kirk posted about it in 2022 and again in 2023. It is family owned.
The small shop has seating for about 35 and is walk up, order and pay. Your food is brought out to the table.
The simple menu has a good variety of choices.
We decided to share. First, a cheese empanada ($6). Thin, flaky crust filled with a hefty amount of warm, firm (not gooey) Oaxaca cheese. This was very satisfying.
The Choripan sandwich ($10) was served with two house made chile based sauces (that one on the left is catsup; the green one had a pleasant heat and that yellow one was spicy, probably habanero or a cousin).
Served on a thin/ crisp crusted, warm bread which was light and airy (and crushed down easily), this weighty sandwich was enough to share.
Two split then grilled chorizo links topped with a house made chimichurri sauce (with distinct parsley, garlic and oregano flavors). You know I am picky about chorizo (see the end of this post) and the quality of this chorizo is outstanding; it is more of a medium texture dry aged (Spanish style) chorizo, mild in flavor and blending well with some of the spicy sauce at the last few (non-chimichurri) bites.
That catsup was for the sweet potato fries ($4.50) we ordered. We also shared an Inka Kola ($2.50); the familiar vanilla soda flavor brought back good memories.
We will be returning to try more of the menu…and desserts…and coffee!
Sangucheria PSF 5950 Santo Road, Suite K San Diego 92124 (858) 836-1112 Open Mon-Sat 11-7 closed Sunday website
